The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-12-16
MINNESOTA news ITEMS.

IRON the reports III the headYO 81 the yari
Gus educational departments throughout
Minnesota q statement showing tlis copdi
ton q the public schools oi the state
Ntfpber a. school districts. b,361 Mum
Der Of school houses built during th@ year,
29S; value Of Che same, $595, 625: total
value OF seats and desks, $52S,442; value
Of apparatus. $I41, TAB; value OF school
libraries, $41,095. Annual salaries 81
county superintendents, $5I605; nuraSex
q visits made by county TpvTsatendessss,
S,2l3. Number OF certificates granted
First grade males 161, females, 14I; see
ond grade, males 1902, females, 2,539s
third grade. males $50. females, 2, LAS,
number applicants rejected. 1880. Nnm.
Der county associations held. 1S6; insti-
1utes, %; aggregate enrolment. 5.275.
Examinations held, spring 227, fall 1917.
Gov. MeCsiil and Secretary ofStats Matt.
son are the only state officials who left
Win UHe deiegaIiOR TO washington In tbh5
interest Of securing the next national Re-
y publican nnnUnn1innNT 4aoxarnnr viii
return in about q week, while Mr.. Mattson
will visit New York and Boston on official
business, and will not psturn until a few
days before Christmas.
John Fondin, who has been erazed BY
oyer-indulgence in religious inspiration,
was examined in the probate court at st.
Paul, and being fund insane; wss COM
mitted to Rochester. He claimed that IL
was necessary for him toilearn She entire
Bible by heart and thus insure the sal
walton OF his soul before he could SO to
work.
Hal Reid, the young rascal, whoassault-
cd Maud Compton IN ST. Paul, WAS con-
victed. He received the news with appRr.
ent u%nconcern, willie his father was bowed
with grief. He will 60 to'state prison.
Articles Of agreement were signed for 4
fight to a finish between Pat Kiilen of
minneapolis, and Mike Conley, the Ithiea
Glant, OF Ashland, for $1,000 a side. The
tight is to take place within three saenths,
and will probably occur ia Minneapolis.
Fire at Lester Prairie, Carver county,
burned Butler Bros,3 hardware stoVs,
Freeman's dry goods store and Schulz&
Schnbert's saloon. Loss, $4,000.
At st. Paul Matthias Hauen shot and
killed his wife. but Says he d~idn'tknow the
gun was loaded.
Another test Of the patent car heater
invented by III. M. Young and w. F.. Steele
OF Minneapolis, was made recently.
Two previous tests had been made Of the
same contriyance, and in each instance 10
worked to q charm.
Chester Haines, school treasurer OF the
town Of Oak Valley, Otter Tail county,
was arrested on complaint OF John III
Wallingtord Of the same town, charged
with Che embezzlement OF SITS.
At Willmar, the coroner's jury Iii the
Funk murder case rendered q verdict that
Sarah Funk came to her death by a bullet
dred ron a pistol in the hands OF her hus-
band, James Funk.
The Minnesota Valley Medical associa tions
convened at Mankato. Officers we're elect
ed as follows: President, Dir. Charles Ber-
hxr Naur L.. - - RMTA
Rowe, Minnesota Lake; wv. II. Cullen, Lake
Crystal; secretary, DR.. j. ii. James. st.
Peter; treasurer, DIR. G.. III. Merritt, st.
Peter. Several instructive papers were
read and discussed.
At Winona, Messrs. Lauer & Andine
have bought Of III. w. Lamberton the
property known as the Glen Mil site near
Sugar LOAF, Tor $4,000.
The colored citizens 81 st. Paul met and
perfected the organization Of the Crescent
club Tor social purposes.
.rtte p9sIistkhe Lead and Warehouse conn.,
pany. with a capitol Of $500, 900, fled
articles Of incorporation with the seere-
tary Of state.
Supt. Kiehle reports that there is no
special opposition TO the public system in
Stearns county.
Judge Rea, commander Of the @
A. r., has been adore ssing the veterans
Of Chicago and ether places.
st. Paul Is beginning to enthuse over the.
prospects OF the ice palace carnival.
Near Detroit Station, Daniel Daley, 3
brakeman, slipped and fell from his ca
boose, and it passed over his body. cutting
it nearly In twain. The mangied remains
were brought TO the sanitarinm at Braid
erd whore the victim died.
At Wright's Station, east Of Brainerd,
a dwelling house, which was occupied by a
family named Roberts, was burned, the
two children, aged eight and ten years,
perishing.
Otter Tail ana Wilkin counties are pua
as the oily onesin the state where l~eprosy,
or spedeIek, exists, There is probably
more or less OF il in every large Norwegian
settlement when they came from the
coasts. Cases are reported six or eight
miles north OF Madelia in Brown county.
The following is a summary Of the an
nual statement prepared BY State Snpt.
Kiahle. Number OF teachers, winter, males,
1891; females, Abb. Simmer, males,
962; females. 4,74I. Average wages, males,
$4I; females, $50. 30. Total wages. males,
SO, 111.62; females, 81. 295.G0. Number
pf teachers VIC haze attended normal
school, ]. 253; institutes, 1870 graduates
OF normal schools, ASS.
At Hastings, Fred Fischer. for atteaapt.
ing to commit suicide by taking stryeh.
nine. was held TO the district court.
At Howard LcAA-the house of Mrs.
Justis was'burned. Furniture saved. LOSS,
$500.
The Manitoba round house and coal
sheds we're partially destroyed by ire at
Morris. Over six hundred tons Of coal
were burned. Some damage WIS done TO
adjoining property. De Kay's elevator
was saved with but slight damage.
James Funk Of Willmar killed the. vile
who had drudged for his maintenance.
The murderer shoots himself With suicidal
Intent. but is not seriously wounded.
The colored tssn al Minnesota met in
st. Paul and organized q leaguefor MUTUAL
benefit.
Di7htheria is spreading in Vasas Good
hue county. In the family 81 N. y. OIell
seven mildren are sick with the disease III
It's wofst form. An eighth child died re-
Gently. Twenty.one have come dowa at
the orphans home.